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STATE DATA
While the indicators presented in Population Characteristics,
Health Status and Health Services Financing and Utilization are
representative of the United States as a whole, State Data presents
data on a number of health indicators at the State level. Included
are data on infant, neonatal, and perinatal mortality, low birth
weight, early prenatal care, births to women under 18, health care
financing for children, Medicaid enrollment and expenditures, and
SCHIP enrollment.
The pages in this section reveal stark differences
in these measures across States. For instance, the rates of low
birth weight births (less than 2,500 grams or 5 pounds 8 ounces)
were highest in the District of Columbia and the southern States
of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina (all greater
than 10 percent). These States, in addition to New Mexico and Texas,
were among those with the highest rates of births to women under
18 years of age.
Poverty in the United States has risen over the
past several years. Poverty affects living conditions and access
to health care and nutrition, all of which contribute to health
status. Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program
(SCHIP) were designed to assure that children living in low-income
families have access to insurance coverage and receive adequate
health care services. Alaska, New Mexico, and the District of Columbia
had the greatest proportion of children with Medicaid/SCHIP coverage
(over 40 percent), followed closely by Mississippi (39.9 percent),
while New Jersey and Utah had the smallest proportions (16 percent
or less). Vermont had the lowest proportion of uninsured children
(5.2 percent) while Texas led the Nation with the highest proportion
of uninsured children (20.2 percent).
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Table: SCHIP Enrollment Statistics
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Table: Medicaid Enrollees, Expenditures, and Reported
EPDST Utilization
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Table: Health Insurance Status of Children
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MAP: Children Who Are Uninsured
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Table: Low Birth Weight, Prenatal Care, Births
to Women Under Age 18
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Table: Infant and Neonatal Mortality Rates
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